Foundations in Microbiology 9th Edition by Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess

Exercise 3

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These question can be approached from a number of angles, and in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer.
The end result of most viral infections is death of the host cell.
a. If this is the case, how can we account for such differences in the damage that viruses do? (Compare the effects of the cold virus with those of the rabies virus.)
b. Describe the adaptations of viruses that do not immediately kill the host cell and explain what their functions may be.